Results: 105

• Ubsdell v Paterson

  14 Dec 1972 [1973] ICR 86; [1973] 1 All ER 685; 14 KIR 330, NIRC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  EMPLOYMENT — Redundancy — Transfer of trade or business
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  EMPLOYMENT — Redundancy — Transfer of trade or business — Renewal of contract — Transfer of hotel to new purchaser — Acceptance of employee for two weeks of same wages — Wages unilaterally reduced by purchaser after two weeks — Whether renewal of contract by conduct of purchaser — Whether re-engagement “by agreement with employee” — Redundancy Payments Act 1965, 3 (2) (a), 13 (2)

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Morrish v Henlys (Folkestone) Ltd

  12 Jan 1973 [1973] ICR 482; [1973] 2 All ER 137, NIRC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Disobedience
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  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Disobedience — Unreasonable order — Order to falsify employers' records — Refusal to comply — Whether dismissal unfair — Whether reduction in compensation — Industrial Relations Act 1971, s 116 (3)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Singh v Post Office

  19 Jun 1973 [1973] ICR 437, NIRC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 9.
  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Complaint

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Industrial relations
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  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Complaint — Time limit — Domestic appeals procedure — Appeal by employee to employers under domestic procedure — Complaint more than four weeks after dismissal — Appeal still under consideration — Appeal subsequently dismissed — Whether “practicable” to have presented complaint earlier — Industrial Tribunals (Industrial Relations, etc) Regulations 1972, Sch, r 2 (1) (a)

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Industrial relations — Unfair dismissal — Time for complaint — Domestic appeals procedure

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Hammond v Haigh Castle & Co Ltd

  12 Feb 1973 [1973] ICR 148; [1973] 2 All ER 289; 14 KIR 407, NIRC

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 26.
  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Complaint

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Industrial relations
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  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Complaint — Time limit — Employee misled by advice of association — Complaint presented within one month of dismissal but more than four weeks thereafter — Whether “practicable” to have “presented” complaint earlier — Industrial Tribunals (Industrial Relations, etc) Regulations 1972, Sch, r 2 (1) (a)

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — Industrial relations — Unfair dismissal — Time for complaint — Powers of extension

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Ashford v ASTMS

  04 Apr 1973 [1973] ICR 296, NIRC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  TRADE UNION — Rules — Resignation
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  TRADE UNION — Rules — Resignation — Statutory right to resign on reasonable notice — Union rule requiring approval of resignation by executive — Members' applications to resign summarily and on seven days' notice — Subsequent expulsion of members — Union subscriptions collected monthly — Whether reasonable notice by members — Effect of unreasonable notice — Validity of expulsion — Industrial Relations Act 1971, s 65 (3)

  1 Statute considered

• Harris v E Turner & Sons (Joinery) Ltd

  18 Oct 1972 [1973] ICR 31, NIRC

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  EMPLOYMENT — Redundancy — Offer of suitable employment
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  EMPLOYMENT — Redundancy — Offer of suitable employment — Employee instructor of apprentice joiners — Status that of member of staff — Offer of alternative employment as skilled bench hand at same wages — Whether offer suitable — Redundancy Payments Act 1965, s 2 (4) (a)

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• Rigby v British Steel Corpn

  09 Feb 1973 [1973] ICR 160, NIRC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Industrial court — Appeals from industrial tribunals

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Redundancy
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  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Industrial court — Appeals from industrial tribunals — No appearance below — No notice of hearing given to employers — Employers' belief that appearance entered — Notification of decision to employers — No application to tribunal to review decision — 14 days time limit for application — Whether employers should be given opportunity to apply for review — Industrial Tribunals (Industrial Relations, etc) Regulations 1972, Sch, r 12 (1) (2)

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Redundancy — Redundancy situation — Unsatisfactory work given as reason for dismissal — No warning of future redundancy — Whether employers acted reasonably in treating as sufficient reason for dismissal — Industrial Relations Act 1971, s 24 (5) (6)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Con-Mech (Engineers) Ltd v AUEW

  22 Oct 1973 [1973] ICR 620, NIRC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Industrial Court — Breach of court's order

  SEQUESTRATION — Enforcement — Industrial Court
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  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Industrial Court — Breach of court's order — Union in breach of court's order to cease industrial action — Order of sequestration of union's assets and subsequent fine

  SEQUESTRATION — Enforcement — Industrial Court — Court's power to issue writ of sequestration of its own motion — Considerations of public interest — Whether Industrial Court should issue writ

  2 Case(s) considered

• Curtis v James Paterson (Darlington) Ltd

  05 Jul 1973 [1973] ICR 496, NIRC

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Compensation

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Recommendation of re-engagement
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  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Compensation — Recommendation of re-engagement — Offer at lower grade — Refusal by employee — Appropriate compensation — Industrial Relations Act 1971, s 106 (5)

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Unfair dismissal — Recommendation of re-engagement — Implementation of re-engagement dependent on third party — Whether “practicable” — Jurisdiction of tribunal — Failure to implement — Assessment of compensation — Industrial Relations Act 1971, s 106 (4) (5)

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• TUBE v William Hill (Park Lane) Ltd

  21 Mar 1973 [1973] ICR 252, NIRC

  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Bargaining rights — Separate bargaining unit
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  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Bargaining rights — Separate bargaining unit — Bookmaking industry — New trade union seeking negotiating rights — Sole union in industry — Union's fluctuating membership — Whether reference to CIR necessary — Industrial Relations Act 1971, ss 45 (1), 46 (1) (c)

  1 Statute considered